Ballmer caption contest
8th Oct 2005, 00:24 GMT
At right is an Associated Press photo of Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer in Munich, Germany, yesterday. (Click image for larger version.) What exactly is he doing? The caption that crossed the wire wasn't very helpful in answering that question. It said simply that he was pouring small red capsules into a glass during a demonstration at the company's announcement of its new Client Protection Technology security offering. (See related story for more information.) So I looked into it and got the answer ... But first, I wanted to take the opportunity to conduct a caption contest in the spirit of one of my favorite sites, Good Morning Silicon Valley (See, for example, "So, Smithers, it automatically detects people in penguin T-shirts?".) If you feel so inspired, e-mail me your entries. I'll collect them for a few days, post a sampling of the best and then consult with my colleagues in the P-I business department to pick the best one. The lucky winner will receive a specially packaged, Microsoft-branded, 30th Anniversary "Going Beyond" chocolate bar (Percent Daily Value: "100% Passion, 100% Inspiration, 1000% Going Beyond") which has been properly refrigerated since I picked it up when the company was passing them out at its anniversary meeting at Safeco Field a couple weeks back. Added bonus for also correctly identifying what Ballmer was actually doing, which I'll report when I name the winner.
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